October 2013

Vol. 78, No. 10

Cover

By Tim Townsend
Are things that go bump in the night a silly superstition, or a supernatural visit from beyond the grave? Catholics who have ghostly visions are still searching for answers, and the church itself isn't ruling anything out.

Feature

By J.D. Long-Garcia
Of the many parishes that have reached the end of their run, only a select few have come back for an encore. But as some parishioners have discovered, the reopening act doesn't always go smoothly.

Sounding Board

By Sister Marge Clark, B.V.M. and Rachael Travis
Americans have been blown away by the overwhelming number of gun deaths, and it's time to fire back against the culture of violence. In Feedback, readers debate the bullet points of gun control proposals.

Photo Story

Photos by Ken Carl, Text by Jo McGowan
When one woman realized no school in India could meet the special needs of her child, she decided to start her own. She didn't realize at the time that she was also starting a revolution.

Essays

(Essays, short stories, and poems may not be available online.)

Grave doubts

By Valerie Schultz
We'll never know for sure what awaits us after this life comes to an end. But our faith is often strongest when we don't have all the answers.